Comments on https://lichess.org/@/unclerogerjr/blog/unchained-from-the-system-how-chess-helped-me-find-myself/eDQ06okf
After your students started advancing, were their new students? I mean you said that the students had already become too strong and it was disheartening. But could there have been new beginning students who were starting from where the advanced students had started?
"painful sixth-round loss to FM Mathieu Ternault". You should annotate this game. Maybe you don't wanna, but I think it would be very interesting to see how chess psychology affects play and the thought process. It could be a cleansing experience.
A poignant blog. Thank you.
@RuyLopez1000 said in #2:
> After your students started advancing, were their new students? I mean you said that the students had already become too strong and it was disheartening. But could there have been new beginning students who were starting from where the advanced students had started?
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> "painful sixth-round loss to FM Mathieu Ternault". You should annotate this game. Maybe you don't wanna, but I think it would be very interesting to see how chess psychology affects play and the thought process. It could be a cleansing experience.
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> A poignant blog. Thank you.
I mean yeah, there were new students, but I think the biggest thing that disappointed me was that my company didn't support the type of work I was doing at the time. But now, with my coach Max Illingworth, things are different and for that I'm grateful